bigpaulo

haha xcsedan, that was kinda what I was hoping for 

ah well, looks like ill stick with the 6.

Thats great info thanks butcha

no thanks, I dont want fuel injection.

What do you guys know about E85 fuel? I was told by someone whos about to have his rotary built for it that it burns a lot cleaner, colder, and has a heaps higher octane rating...

Now this sparked my interest because I have an xf, I wouldnt mind a v8 in it, however i HATE gas. Dont ask me why, dont try and sway me, I just hate it haha. Im also not a fan of putting in an injected motor.

So my brain got ticking, and I thought perhaps if I ran a small v8 like a 302W,  and had it set up to take E85, maybe just maybe I could make it pass emissions here in Victoria.

However I have no idea whats involved in setting up an engine/fuel system to enable it to run on E85. If anyone knows about this I'd love to hear your input.

Cheers!

Paul

My 88 XF ute has T8 trim, stands for Tanbark Pinstripe

Clearly not...ill have something to say about that too...

hey polson, i checked in around that grommet today and that seems to be sealing well. but what i did notice is there appears to be rust around where the hinges mount onto the body...im wondering if water is seeping in through there?? also, is it common for hinges to rust out there?

Dave i took the trim off the A pillar, is this the seam you were talking about? the raised lip bit?

didnt have time to pull it out today but had a good look at what I had to do, and i think its achievable haha

Also Wagoon here is a pic with the guard off, in relation to your earlier post..

Ive got the inside A pillar cover off Dave, didnt see any leakage when i poured the jug over it...I will have to check under the outer cover tomorrow

good advice there Dave i will have to check that on the A pillar. And if thats the case with the C pillar, seems like the guys at the panel shop "forgot" to put those rubber washers back on...

Polson that rubber grommet is that accessible without pulling the guard or the door off?

ok...ive just been busy with a jug of water and ive discovered a few entry points.

First off the water on the parcel shelf

You can see in the corner where the water has been sitting.

Turns out its been getting in through the top external window trim

And then running down inside the c pillar and coming in through this hole

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The water getting in to the tub side panel: on the bottom of the trim under the rear louvre window are two locator pins that go through holes in the body work...turns out water is getting under the trim and pissing down through these holes

As for the water in the footwell...the only sign of water getting in is a strange one..

It appears that the water is travelling down the door seal til it reachers the sill, then somehow under the door seal and up and over the seam in the body work! Ive checked and there is definitely no holes in the body work..

you can see water trails in a few places.

I also noticed one or two drips appear in the cavity behind the ecu when water was poured around the bottom corner of the windscreen/where the guard meets the door. This one im still puzzled about..

Hopefully thats the last of them, now that i know where its coming from I need to figure out how to stop it!

If I read your install thread backwards it should be like instructions for removal haha 

Now that I will have to check. It was about a year ago I had the guards off but im pretty sure I have photos...

I have the a pillar cover off and I did notice today the slightest amount of dampness in that bottom corner...although it might have just been condensation.

Cant spot any mould in the hood lining, although it is the plasticy vinyl hood lining, not cloth.

It rained today so I checked it after it stopped, thats when I found all the water. Cant really drive it anywhere at the moment it has no interior haha

Yeah they came out. I have photos of various stages of the respary progress and havnt noticed any rust.

Unfortunately I have zero useful friends when it comes to cars haha so im going in blind

Ha, cant see through the windscreen like that tho...

So everytime I go out to my ute I get depressed...I keep finding more and more water. So far ive found water in the passenger footwell (no idea where its coming from, no rust in plenum), water in the left and right tub side panels (the right side is because of a rust hole in behind the rear louvre window, left side I have no idea), and in the left hand back corner of the parcel shelf (again no idea how its getting in, have put silicon around the window seal and still doesnt stop it).

Im worried that im going to have to dismantle the whole car to find these entry points, which im not looking forward too as I only just had it completely resprayed.

Anyone have any ideas where/how the water might be getting in?

Cheers

Paul

I just happened to be going through your build thread lasr night! Yeah id definitely be keen to hear how to put it back in. Once the whole dash is out, is it still driveable? Unfortunately I have to park my car in the street over night. Im currently using a milk crate as a seat hahaha

Currently the interior of my ute is pretty much gutted, apart from the dash backing (not sure what you call that)...im tossing up whether I pull all that out or cross my fingers and hope for no leaks haha

How difficult is it to remove the dash completely? I might have to do this

possibly...im not very familiar with how the heater system works so i wouldnt know how to diagnose it

I have the exact same problem as you gerg but for the life of me i dont know where its coming in. And I cant find any rust in the plenum!

This is all really interesting! So if you were to go the long rod 250 setup, I assume youd have to get custom shorter pistons? Otherwise would they pop out of the block?